China Seeks Compliance From US Tech Firms With Gov’t Data Controls

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China has asked several US technology giants to pledge commitment to its strict security and consumer protection rules that would require firms to store user data in China and possibly leave backdoors in their products for government regulators, The New York Times reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The so-called declaration of compliance was submitted to US companies last summer, according to the newspaper, which published the document on Wednesday. It was reportedly authored by the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center.

It asks tech firms "not to transfer, store or process any sensitive user information collected within the China market outside China’s borders" and "to promise to accept supervision from all parts of society, to cooperate with third-party institutions for assessment and verification that products are secure and controllable."

The New York Times cited unnamed industry groups as saying that "controllable" was a catchphrase meaning companies could be asked to hand over encryption keys or even source code to Chinese regulators.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures to U.S. President Barack Obama (L) as they arrive for a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 12, 2014 - Sputnik International
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